About the Albert Lewis trough

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The cost for a plaque to mark the Albert Lewis Trough is estimated at about $1,400, said Sheila Greenleaf, who is spearheading the project.

In the next several weeks she’ll be visiting business owners on South Dixie Highway offering them an opportunity to contribute to the cost of the city marker.

“Whether your support is monetary or in kind, a community coming together to preserve our heritage is a step closer to preserving our future,” she wrote in a handout to be given to those in the South Dixie Highway area.

The marker will be erected at 92 S. Dixie Highway.

Greenleaf also plans to talk to horse and cattlemen groups, offering them an opportunity to support the cause.

Meanwhile the City of St. Augustine will “pay up front,” said Greenleaf, and those making a donation will be asked to make checks payable to the City of St. Augustine.

“Whatever the shortfall, I will make up the difference” said Greenleaf.

She’s devoted to this project, she explained, because “I want people to have ownership — community involvement” and to “bring attention to the South Dixie Highway area and its’ historical significance as the major roadway link in those early years and later — until U.S. 1 was constructed.”

It’s expected that the marker will be dedicated in late August or early September.

Anyone wishing to make a donation may make checks payable to the City of St. Augustine for the Albert Lewis Trough Market Project and send them to Sheila Greenleaf, 26 Matanzas Circle, St. Augustine, FL 32080.

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